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  1. BusiTheKing

    La Liga | Round 19: FC Barcelona - Real Sociedad 2-1

    I'd have liked Konrad instead of Pedri on the left considering we now once again have three 10s on at the same time.
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    Lionel Messi - v7

    agree 100% which might be the first time tight one-twos is all we ever do and we never ever score from them. honestly, think back on this season's goals, how many have we scored from breaking through in those extremely tight situations around the edge of the box? with how much time and effort...
  3. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    I picture Leo as the kind of sulky self-involved dad figure in the dressing room. Pique with the chirpy mitigating mum role. Without him right now it must be a sombre fucking scene in there. Alba as the annoyingly reverent older brother enforcing dad's rules around the dinner table. No surprise...
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    Frenkie de Jong

    The most post-2016 barca moment was against Levante when Frenkie carried the ball by himself past two pressing opponents, holding one guy off for 30 metres, all the way into the box just to look up and realize that no attacker had bothered to run up there with him. It was a pure 'I give up'...
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    Trincão

    even if he starts playing well with what he's got, he will never be good enough for this level. offload asap
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    Ilaix Moriba

    navid says he's been nothing but mediocre this season
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    Frenkie de Jong

    Solid. Without his movement the team would be permanently stalled before second gear
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    6 - Gavi

    Haven't seen a midfield prospect so strong on the ball since Thiago. Extremely well-rounded in opinion, made of the right stuff. He's 16, plays for Juvenil A.
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    Konrad de la Fuente

    This guy should get the wing instead of pedri or coutinho. He can actually do some damage through the wide area and on transitions which is a dimension we desperately lack.
  10. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    Not saying he should be a striker at all. Nor make runs down the wing.
  11. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    We need to ask ourselves why Messi never ever finds himself in the positions that normal attackers score from. Why is he always up against three opponents when Ronaldo finds himself with one? Why is he constantly drifting towards the left side of the box when he is more dangerous from the...
  12. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    It's like he is actively making sure that we have to make it harder on ourselves to score than any other team in the world. Whenever we are moving forward with momentum, he insists on dropping deep instead of moving with the flow and searching for spaces when the opposition is unbalanced. This...
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    Clément Lenglet

    Bit reactionary takes. Most goals conceded have come from individual mistakes which isn't necessarily to do with the coaching. We also have injuries, which means new players and unestablished partnerships.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    What most likely happned is that he actually put in good hamstring rehab work this time around and kept at it in the beginning of his run of games but then started slacking when he thought the problem was gone. That's the curse of these hamstring issues. If they're vulnerable, all it takes is...
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    Jordi Alba

    There is an issue in how often our attacks cultimate with a pass in from Alba and everything comes to rely on his ability to hit a teammate. 4 our of 10 times he puts it right into the legs of the nearest defender. Another 4 out of 10 is a pass back to Messi no matter how many opponents is...
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    Jordi Alba

    He can't produce a dangerous cross to safe his life. Gets better service than any fullback in the world. We're literally leaving Dest by himself with 3 opponents while Alba gets 3 playmakers in gravitating to his area. And he can't fucking hit a teammate in the box.
  17. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    I don't know what reality you're in but I'm arguing from the one where he found himself in pretty much zero dangerous positions for 90 minutes against Atletico. How's that for intelligent movement?
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    Mavericky Puig

    I wonder what it actually is that Koeman has against him. Pedri might be a more classically talented player where Puig's game has a slightly weird composition, sharper around the edges. In the big picture they affect games in sorta similar ways, albeit through different types of situations. He...
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    Lionel Messi - v7

    You're talking like I'm attacking the man. I have no agenda, just being realistic about him. What I'm saying is that while his genius has full outlet in games like Osasouna, it will have very diminished platform in tough, intense games unless he starts running for real. Games where the spaces...
  20. BusiTheKing

    Lionel Messi - v7

    He was obviously great but I saw nothing in that performance that prompts any optimism about a his worth on the big stage. None of the genius he added today would have found passage against Atleti, for example.

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